Fuentes says Fresno should not renew its Flock contract
Rob FuentesCandidate for Fresno City Council, District 1
Fresno council candidate Rob Fuentes said the city should not renew its contract with Flock, saying he is deeply concerned by a system that creates a surveillance record of every innocent person who drives through Fresno's neighborhoods.
“The city should not renew its contract with Flock Our law enforcement certainly need effective tools to combat thefts, robberies, and other serious crimes. But as a civil rights attorney, I am deeply concerned with a system that creates a surveillance record of every single innocent person who drives through our neighborhoods. Building safe neighborhoods and respecting our constitutional rights is not a false choice: We can and must do both.”
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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The Fresno Bee asked both Fresno City Council District 1 candidates whether the city should renew its Flock camera contract, which expires in 2026.
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The Fresno Bee asked both District 1 candidates about the Fresno Police Department's three-year Flock contract, which expires in 2026 and cost roughly $1.5 million. The Bee reported that local advocacy groups have urged the council not to renew it, while Fresno police say the roughly 70 cameras are useful tools for investigators.
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His opponent, Naindeep Singh, told the Bee he does not believe the city should renew the Flock contract without answers to basic questions.
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Fuentes said Fresno should not renew its Flock contract and objected to a system that records every innocent driver in the city's neighborhoods. He supports other crime-fighting tools, but his objection is to the tracking network itself, and ending the contract would remove the city's cameras.
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